the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 acquired a closer view (second image) of two blazes—the Monument and McFarland fires, the second- and third-largest fires currently burning in California. The McFarland fire was 52 percent contained on August 20...
Average summer temperature in California (June-August) 76°F 2020: 75.4° 74 72 1900: 71.3° 70 Hot summer months dry out vegetation. Combined with lower precipitation levels, large swaths of California are primed for fire after years of drought. The largest fires are currently burning in area...
"Zombie fires," also called overwintering fires, burn slowly below the surface during the cold months. Experts say zombie fires have become more common asclimate changewarms the atmosphere, and they are currently smoldering at an alarming rate in both British Columbia and Alberta. "I've never ...
National Conspiracy Absent in Burnings Arson Task Force Issues Report on 429 Fires at U.S. ChurchesA rash of burnings at mostly black churches in recent years is not the result of a racist national conspiracy, a presidential task force declared Sunday....
Burning of tropical savanna grasslands is common practice in order to stimulate new regrowth for wildlife and livestock. To assess the effects of fire seasonality on the quality of post-fire regrowth as a food source for grazing herbivores, a burning experiment was set up in a moist savanna in...
Deforestation and drainage has made Indonesian peatlands susceptible to burning. Large fires occur regularly, destroying agricultural crops and forest, emitting large amounts of CO2 and air pollutants, resulting in adverse health effects. In order to red
burning36,37(Fig.3b), and stresses that Cr(VI) is enriched in wind-dispersible particles of surface soil and ash. Exposure to particulate Cr(VI) is thus a concern both during and subsequent to high-severity wildland fires on mafic/ultramafic substrates. In addition to local (and possibly ...
* R90060 - Located approximately six kilometres up the Muddy Lake Road, 19 kilometres northeast of Telegraph Creek. This fire is less than one hectare and is currently under control. This fire is being monitored and burning near a wet area. ...
The latest updates from the Woolsey and Hill fires burning in Ventura and L.A. counties, and the Camp fire in the Northern California town of Paradise.
But they had to keep the fire burning, for they couldn’t start it again if there was no lightening. Later, they found out hitting two pieces of stone together could make a spark (火花). The spark could fire dry leaves. In this way they could make the fire again if it went out. ...